Stranger Things.

1. Who are the Duffer brothers? They are American film and television writers, known for creating the science-fiction show Stranger Things.

2. Analysis: genre: sci-fi

 Narrative: Set in the 1980s, science and sci-fi related; aliens, monsters, extraterrestrial life

   Intertextuality: Letters on the poster "abc" could connote letters on a ouija board - used to make contact with things in other realms

Historical Period it was set in: The 1980s judging by the clothes, the hairstyles and bikes

3. Based on the poster, the themes will definitely be sci-fi based as the character in the middle looks like she has supernatural powers due to the gesture she's making with her hand. We can also see the letters "abc" on a wall that signify the show will have supernatural elements.

4. •Analyse the opening 10 minutes of Episode 1. What more can you conclude in terms of what the drama is about.

-three boys in the 1980s from a small town, deal with supernatural force

5. 80s movie references: Alien(monster inspiration), Ghostbusters(season 1), E.T(three kids on chopper bikes deals with supernaturality), IT(kids from a small town come together to defeat a supernatural evil), Poltergeist(kid gets kidnapped by a supernatural force) 

Ghostbusters (1984, ghostbusters save people from ghosts, in this case, the boys want to save the town from the supernatural)
E.T 1982  (The friends meet an alien in this case Eleven and become friends with her.)

IT 2017 ( Couple of friends from a small town team up to deal with an evil supernatural force)

Poltergeist (1982, a child gets kidnapped by a supernatural force)

•Pick a theory – can you apply it

1. stereotype theory 
three boys: stereotyped as nerds
nancy stereotyped as a teenager who is concerned with simple teenage high school issues

2. character theory

3. identity theory

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